Synopsis
'The best historical crime novel I will read this year' – The Times
From the pleasure palaces and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s Daughters of Night follows Caroline Corsham as she seeks justice for a murdered woman whom London society would rather forget . . .
London, 1782. Desperate for her politician husband to return...
Details
03 March 2022592 pages
9781509880843Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Come for the clever mystery, stay reading late into the night for the vivid, tender portrayal of a world where women are bought, sold and abused, yet fight to retain their vim and dignity. I would gamble what’s left of my virtue on Daughters of Night being the best historical crime novel I will read this yearAntonia Senior, The Times
OutstandingSarah Hughes, The I
Here’s one where the pages turn all by themselves and the plot doesn’t let you goDiane Setterfield, author of Once Upon a River
This is right up with the best of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor . . . A real treat, for readers of literary, detective and historical fictionAmanda Craig, author of The Lie of the Land
